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825551

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to allow local authorities to use money raised via the social care precept for both adult and children's social care.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	123686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>As set out at the Spending Review 2015 the social care precept gives local authorities who are responsible for social care the ability to raise new funding to spend exclusively on adult social care.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/01/2018 13:23:02 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

825568

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Enfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many representations he received from business groups in the London Borough of Enfield on the local government finance settlement prior to the announcement of that settlement.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	123702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Prior to the provisional settlement, my department held a technical consultation in September 2017 on the planned approach to the 2018-19 local government finance settlement. We received a total of 330 representations of which none were from business groups in the London Borough of Enfield.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 24/01/2018 14:23:59 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

825571

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what account is taken by his Department of trends in population growth when determining the local government finance settlement in London.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	123705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The most recent assessment of local authorities’ relative needs and resources took place in 2013-14 alongside the introduction of the 50 per cent business rates retention system. At this point the demand for local services was assessed through funding formulae that used projected local population in 2013, as well as the relative needs of those populations including factors such as deprivation.</p><p>At present the Government is carrying out a fair funding review of local authorities’ relative needs and resources, and we are working closely with the Local Government Association and representatives from across local government to ensure that we consider all the issues that impact on authorities’ relative need to spend on services and their capacity to fund these from local resources.</p><p>Amongst the issues we will consider are the impact of population growth, deprivation, as well as specific geographical factors such as rurality and area-related costs.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/01/2018 14:05:32 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

825572

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration he gives to relative levels of deprivation in determining the local government finance settlement in London.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	123706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The most recent assessment of local authorities’ relative needs and resources took place in 2013-14 alongside the introduction of the 50 per cent business rates retention system. At this point the demand for local services was assessed through funding formulae that used projected local population in 2013, as well as the relative needs of those populations including factors such as deprivation.</p><p>At present the Government is carrying out a fair funding review of local authorities’ relative needs and resources, and we are working closely with the Local Government Association and representatives from across local government to ensure that we consider all the issues that impact on authorities’ relative need to spend on services and their capacity to fund these from local resources.</p><p>Amongst the issues we will consider are the impact of population growth, deprivation, as well as specific geographical factors such as rurality and area-related costs.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/01/2018 17:08:16 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

824680

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Public Libraries: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take joint steps with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and Northamptonshire County Council to facilitate active engagement between Northamptonshire County Council and the Government Libraries Task Force on developing a plan to keep open all Northamptonshire publicly-funded libraries.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	123481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The Libraries Taskforce, which reports to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Local Government Association, plays an important role in promoting good practice and leadership across the public libraries sector in England.</p><p>The Department encourages all councils, including Northamptonshire County Council, to make use of the information and guidance made available by the Taskforce. This includes toolkits published by the Taskforce on alternative delivery models and longer term evidence based sustainable planning, to support councils as they plan their future library provision to make sure that it is sustainable, and meets the needs of local residents.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 22/01/2018 17:03:05 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

824686

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Cornwall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many representations he has received from Cornish business groups prior to the announcement of the local government finance settlement.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	123487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>Prior to the provisional settlement, my Department held a technical consultation in September 2017 on the planned approach to the 2018-19 local government finance settlement. We received a total of 330 representations of which none were from Cornish business groups.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 25/01/2018 18:05:12 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

821528

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Pension Scheme: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government if he will publish the (a) pay and (b) other benefits of the (i) chair, (ii) vice chair, (iii) non-executive and (i) executive directors of each Local Government Pension Scheme pool.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	122446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The pay and benefits of directors of the pool operating companies established to manage local government pension scheme assets are a matter for the participating funds as shareholders. However the Government expects that publicly-owned pool operating companies will provide full disclosure of directors’ remuneration in their annual reports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/01/2018 16:58:17 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

822989

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Carillion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to maintain services supplied by Carillion plc to local councils.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	122672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Continuity of services is the Government and local councils’ top priority. All public sector services continue to be delivered and minimal disruption to public services has been reported.</p><p>We have been working through the Local Government Association over the past few weeks to ensure that affected English local authorities had robust contingency plans in place to manage the impacts of Carillion failing.</p><p>Councils have now put those plans into action, and will continue to deliver all public sector services. And all staff engaged on these public sector contracts will continue to be paid.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/01/2018 17:09:19 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

821508

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on outcomes for looked-after children.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	122426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government has high ambitions for looked after children and care leavers.</p><p>The forthcoming corporate parenting provisions in the Children and Social Work Act will ensure high quality care and support for these vulnerable young people.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/01/2018 18:16:49 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak previous answer version 34923 answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

821511

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that adult social care is adequately funded.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	122429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government provided an additional £2 billion at the 2017 Spring Budget for adult social care, of which £1 billion was provided in 2017-18. This meant that by the start of this financial year, the Government had given councils access to £9.25 billion additional funding for adult social care over the next three years.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/01/2018 17:04:24 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz